1. Shaping the Future of Transit In Nashville
Transit Leadership Citizen Academy 2016
Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee
October 19, 2016
Shaping the Future of Transit In Nashville

2. 01 02 03 04 05 06 Presentation Outline Existing Transit Environment
Transit Master Planning 03
Transit Technologies 04
Examples from Other Communities 05
Funding The Plan 06
In Conclusion

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Existing transit environment

4. Transit In The News…
MTA Board approves nMotion 2016 transit plan. Staff Reports • Updated Sep 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM ​
Recommendations:
Make Service Easier To Use
Improve Existing Services
Improve Access to Transit
Make Service More Comfortable
Develop a Network of Regional Transit Centers
Expand Services to New Areas
Build High-Capacity/Rapid Transit Network
Transit is a business issue, a political issue, a media issue, a personal issue, a financial issue, a community issue.

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transit MASTER PLANNING Success” Is A Comprehensive Word!

6. Simplify service

7. Develop a single seamless system provide better customer information simpler fare payment smart technology

8. What about autonomous vehicles?

9. Improved pedestrian and bicycle connections
What about autonomous vehicles?

10. Transit technologies The Big Ticket Items…03
Transit technologies The Big Ticket Items…

11. Transit Functions Better When It Offers Choices…
Bus Rapid Transit
Modern Streetcar
Electric Multiple Units
Bus Rapid Transit (Lite)
Light Rail Transit
Commuter Rail
Trolley
Regular Bus
Transit Functions Better When It Offers Choices…

12. Transit Functions Better When It Offers Choices…
Elon Musk Hyperloop
Autonomous
Personal Rapid Transit
POD cars
Maglev
Smart Cars
Monorail
Bus on Shoulders
Transit Functions Better When It Offers Choices…

13. How Transit Technologies Compare

14. Stories from other places What Have Others Done?04
Stories from other places What Have Others Done?

15. Asheville, NC Boulder, CO Fort Worth, TX Grand Rapids, MI
TRANSIT MASTER PLANS
Asheville, NC
Boulder, CO
Fort Worth, TX
Grand Rapids, MI
Sacramento, CA
Saginaw, MI
Seattle, WA
Nashville

16. Linking Transit and Land Use Focus on Centers and Corridors

17. Station Priorities

18. Transit Friendly Development Types

19. Transit Development Strategy Linking Transit and Land Use

20. 05
Funding & revenue strategies “To Build A Great Transit System, Additional Funding Will Be Needed For Both Capital Projects And Ongoing Operations” State of MTA System Report

21. Potential Funding Opportunities
Private Contributions/Donations
Tax Increment Financing
Improvement Districts
Dedicated taxes (local or Statewide – but primarily local)
Sales Tax
Property Tax
Payroll Tax
Gas Tax
State capital matching programs for capital projects e.g. Florida, Michigan and North Carolina (with legislation that requires States to provide match for capital projects)
Rental Car surcharge
Hotel/Motel Tax
Parking Fee

22. 06
IN CONCLUSION

23. governor Bill Haslam (January 2016)
““We've got to figure out some way to address mass transit and be able to not just build more roads and bigger and wider roads because that won't solve our problem but…to start to talk about public transportation”
governor Bill Haslam (January 2016)